Exploring the integration of health and safety with pre‐construction planning

Hare, Billy; Cameron, Iain; Duff, A. Roy

doi:10.1108/09699980610690729

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“…The role of safety training in promoting safety behaviors among employees has been widely documented (Hare, Cameron, & Duff, 2006;Vinodkumar & Bhasi, 2010). When effective, safety training improves safety behavior, skills, and knowledge of employees.…”

Section: Safety Trainingmentioning

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Safety Management Practices and Safety Compliance: A Model for SMEs in Malaysia

Hassan¹,

Ramalu²,

Zin³

et al. 2016

European Proceedings of Social &Amp; Behavioural Sciences

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Safety at work is one of the key issues in many organizations. This is because accidents and injuries in the workplace can cost the organization financially and non-financially. Although workplace safety has been widely investigated, less attention is given to the small and medium enterprises. Such neglect is unfortunate because many accidents and injuries around the world, including Malaysia, happen in this organizational milieu. This paper argues that despite having limited resources to install an integrated system of occupational safety and health (OSH), concern about workplace safety should not be ignored. Against this backdrop, this paper proposes a model that hypothesizes the role of safety management practices in promoting safety compliance.

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Section: Safety Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Safety Management Practices and Safety Compliance: A Model for SMEs in Malaysia

Hassan¹,

Ramalu²,

Zin³

et al. 2016

European Proceedings of Social &Amp; Behavioural Sciences

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“…Thanks to legislation [16,17], improvement of several management standards [18], development of a culture of safety [19][20][21], better organization of tasks and responsibilities [22], improved communication [23] and the emergence of several new decision support tools and approaches [18,[24][25][26][27], OHS is becoming a major criterion in project management alongside quality, cost and delays. Being able to offer work in safe environments is becoming essential for attracting and retaining skilled labor [28].…”

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Integration of OHS into Risk Management in an Open-Pit Mining Project in Quebec (Canada)

2011

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Despite undeniable progress, the mining industry remains the scene of serious accidents revealing disregard for occupational health and safety (OHS) and leaving open the debate regarding the safety of its employees. The San José mine last collapse near Copiapó, Chile on 5 August 2010 and the 69-day rescue operation that followed in order to save 33 miners trapped underground show the serious consequences of neglecting worker health and safety. The aim of this study was to validate a new approach to integrating OHS into risk management in the context of a new open-pit mining project in Quebec, based on analysis of incident and accident reports, semi-structured interviews, questionnaires and collaborative field observations. We propose a new concept, called hazard concentration, based on the number of hazards and their influence. This concept represents the weighted fraction of each category of hazards related to an undesirable event. The weight of each category of hazards is calculated by AHP, a multicriteria method. The proposed approach included the creation of an OHS database for facilitating expert risk management. Reinforcing effects between hazard categories were identified and all potential risks were prioritized. The results provided the company with a rational basis for choosing a suitable accident prevention strategy for its operational activities.

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“…The interviews took place in in Spain and UK in order to identify the repercussions and impact that health and safety regulations have had in both countries in relation to PtD. Other research studies on occupational health and safety in the construction sector have also used this same methodology [13,[22][23][24][25].…”

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The impact of occupational health and safety regulations on prevention through design in construction projects: Perspectives from Spain and the United Kingdom

Martínez‐Aires

Rubio-Gámez

Gibb

2015

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BACKGROUND: Since the mid-1990 s, Prevention through Design (PtD) has become increasingly prevalent in the built environment. The acceptance of PtD has largely been due to the removal or reduction of risks during the execution phase of construction projects. European States have had the added impetus of national legislation. OBJECTIVE: This paper analyzes the influence of European Union Directive 92/57/EEC on occupational safety and health injury prevention in the project design phase. METHODS: Qualitative methods comprised individual semi-structured interviews and focus groups with a panel of experts. Sixty individuals from construction and related professions (architects, engineers, constructors, developers, and other construction experts) answered 17 key questions to establish national perceptions of the effectiveness of Directive 92/57/EEC in Spain and the United Kingdom (UK). RESULTS:The implementation of PtD in the project design phase in the UK is clearer since the regulations explicitly state the obligations of project designers as well as those of the coordinator. Interviews with Spanish experts show that, in Spain, the prevention culture is less frequently realized. CONCLUSIONS:The most significant differences between the European Directive and national regulations which influence PtD are linked to the Health and Safety Coordinator, and Health and Safety documents.

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Exploring the integration of health and safety with pre‐construction planning

Cited by 73 publications

References 9 publications

Safety Management Practices and Safety Compliance: A Model for SMEs in Malaysia

Safety Management Practices and Safety Compliance: A Model for SMEs in Malaysia

Integration of OHS into Risk Management in an Open-Pit Mining Project in Quebec (Canada)

The impact of occupational health and safety regulations on prevention through design in construction projects: Perspectives from Spain and the United Kingdom

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